Abstract: A tire initiated vehicle control system 110 for vehicles 100 is described. The vehicles 100 have vehicle components including a power train 140, a suspension system 180, a steering mechanism 160, a plurality of wheel brake mechanisms 130, one wheel brake mechanism 130 being at each wheel position 104a, 104b, 104c, and 104d location, a fuel or vehicle speed throttle 144 with or without a cruise control system, the vehicle control system 110 has a tire pressure detection device 120 and a control means 200, which preferably has a computer 208 for receiving data from the tire pressure detection device 120. The control means 200 processes the received tire pressure data and upon a preset pressure or rate of change value in tire pressure the control means 208 directs a change in response rates of one or more of the above listed vehicle components.

Abstract: Provisioning of dedicated service in a communications network is made more efficient by creating a service path, (200) that includes a permanent service communications link (230) between an automatically remotely provisionable cross-connect system (240) and a network gateway element (240), such as a cross-connect device or a telecommunications switch. The service communications link remains active to carry traffic notwithstanding whether the automatically remotely provisionable cross-connection system is provisioned to provide dedicated subscriber service, or to terminate such service. In this way, service may be re-provisioned by appropriately provisioning the cross-connect device without the need to dispatch a technician to re-establish a link between the cross-connect system and the network gateway device.

Abstract: An apparatus for sensing RF current delivered to a plasma includes an RF conductor along which the current is delivered to the plasma and which is divided into two parts along part of its length so that substantially equal currents flow in each part. A sensor device is inserted into the gap between the two parts of the conductor and includes first and second inductive loops disposed one n each side of the gap such that when an RF current flows along the RF conductor t magnetic flux surrounding the conductor which is generated by the RF current couples with the loops respectively in opposite directions relative to the sensor device. If a stray magnetic flux normal to the current direction couples with the loops in the same direction relative to the sensor device it will induce voltages in the loops which respectively add to the voltage induced by the RF current in one loop and subtract from the voltage induced by the RF current in the other loop.

Abstract: An apparatus for sensing RF current delivered to a plasma includes an RF conductor along which the current is delivered to the plasma and which is divided into two parts along part of its length so that substantially equal currents flow in each part. A sensor device is inserted into the gap between the two parts of the conductor and includes first and second inductive loops disposed one on each side of the gap such that when an RF current flows along the RF conductor the magnetic flux surrounding the conductor which is generated by the RF current couples with the loops respectively in opposite directions relative to the sensor device. If a stray magnetic flux normal to the current direction couples with the loops in the same direction relative to the sensor device it will induce voltages in the loops which respectively add to the voltage induced by the RF current in one loop and subtract from the voltage induced by the RF current in the other loop.